Independant vs. Independent

Independant vs. Independent — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Independant and Independent

Independantadjective

misspelling of independent

Independentadjective

Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.

Independentadjective

(politics) Not affiliated with any political party.

the independent candidate

Independentadjective

Providing a comfortable livelihood.

an independent property

Independentadjective

Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.

a man of an independent mind

Independentadjective

Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

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Independentnoun

A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.

Independentnoun

A neutral or uncommitted person.

Independentnoun

(sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Independentnoun

a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

Independentnoun

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

Independentadjective

free from external control and constraint;

an independent minda series of independent judgmentsfiercely independent individualisman independent republic
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Independentadjective

not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else

Independentadjective

of political bodies;

an autonomous judiciarya sovereign state

Independentadjective

not contingent

Independentadjective

of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb

Independentadjective

not controlled by a party or interest group